Phanuel Antwi

Phanuel Antwi is an assistant professor of literatures and cultures of the Black Atlantic in the department of English at St. Mary’s University. His research and teaching interests include Canadian literature and culture, material culture, black Atlantic studies, community-based cultural production, and critical race and gender studies. His articles have appeared in Studies in Canadian Literature, Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action, and PRECIPICe: A Literary Journal. He is also a coeditor of the special issue on the theme of “Postcolonial Intimacies” for Intervention: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.

Benjamin, Translation, and the Sacred Sound

It is a common misconception that Walter Benjamin’s writings on translation, specifically “The Task of the Translator,” support and even found a translation practice that calls itself “experimental.” This couldn’t be further from the truth.